African-American Freedom Trails

The African-American Freedom Trail is an exceptional collection of historical markers, churches, burying grounds, meeting houses, museums, parks, and ships that chronicle the story of the American Revolution and other periods in history. 

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• Alabama: https://civilrightstrail.com/state/alabama/ 

• Arkansas: https://www.arkansas.com/articles/history-heritage-trail 

• California: https://www.sftravel.com/sites/sftravel.prod.acquia-sites.com/files/African%20American%20Freedom%20Trail%202018-19.pdf

• Colorado: https://www.museumofwesternco.com/history/juneteenth-and-early-black-settlers-in-colorado/ 

• Connecticut: https://connecticuthistory.org/site-lines-connecticuts-freedom-trail/ 

• Delaware: https://www.visitwilmingtonde.com/listing/harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-byway/3018/

• Florida: https://files.floridados.gov/media/32347/blackheritagetrail.pdf

• Georgia: https://www.exploregeorgia.org/things-to-do/article/follow-the-black-heritage-trail-in-columbus

• Iowa: https://iowaculture.medium.com/freedom-trail-62afa1c94b83

• Kansas: https://aahtkc.org/freedomtrailmemorial 

• Kentucky: https://touroldham.com/oldham-ky-underground-railroad/

• Louisiana: https://www.louisianacivilrightstrail.com 

• Maine: https://www.mainehistory.org/PDF/walkingtourmap.pdf

• Maryland: https://www.visitmaryland.org/explore-marylands-underground-railroad

• Massachusetts: https://www.nps.gov/boaf/learn/historyculture/boston-an-underground-railroad-hub.htm 

• Michigan: https://detroithistorical.org/learn/encyclopedia-of-detroit/underground-railroad 

• Minnesota: https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/african-americans 

• Mississippi: https://shiphistory.org/2021/02/26/steamboats-enslavement-and-freedom/ 

• Nebraska: https://odysseythroughnebraska.com/nebraskas-underground-railroad-path/

• New Hampshire: https://blackheritagetrailnh.org/thirst-for-freedom-from-nhs-slave-trade-to-its-civil-rights-movement/ 

• NewJersey: https://dspace.njstatelib.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10929/24563/h6732002.pdf 

• New Mexico: https://www.nps.gov/foun/learn/historyculture/new-mexico-slavery.htm 

• New York: https://nycfreedomtrail.org 

• North Carolina: https://visitelizabethcity.com/roanoke-islands-freedom-trail-2 

• Ohio: https://discoverclermont.com/freedomtrail/ 

• Oklahoma: https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=FR016 

• Oregon: https://historicoregoncity.org/2019/04/02/black-pioneers-and-settlers/ 

• Pennsylvania: https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/official-historic-philadelphia-trail/#christ-church-christ-church-burial-ground

• South Carolina: https://www.magnoliaplantation.com/slaverytofreedom.html 

• Tennessee: https://unitedstreettours.rezdy.com/358972/slavery-to-freedom-walking-tour

• Texas: https://www.visitgalveston.com/blog/take-the-freedom-walk-in-galveston-texas/ 

• Utah: https://utahhistoricalmarkers.org/c/slc/legacy-of-the-black-pioneer/ 

• Vermont: https://vermonttourismnetwork.com/vermont-african-american-heritage-trail/ 

• Virginia: https://trailtofreedomva.com/experience-the-trail-to-freedom/ 

• Washington: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/from-slavery-to-freedom/ 

• West Virginia: https://theclio.com/tour/1083 

• Wisconsin: https://www.travelwisconsin.com/article/museums-history/experience-history-the-underground-railroad-in-wisconsin 

• Wyoming: https://www.gowyomingcountyny.com/blog/2021/02/24/wyoming-county-s-historic-underground-railroad